Early Pleistocene climate cycles in continental deposits of the Lesser Caucasus of Armenia inferred from palynology, magnetostratigraphy, and 40Ar/39Ar dating

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 291, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 149-158

  Joannin, Sébastien ^a,b   Cornée, Jean Jacques ^d   Münch, Philippe ^c,d   Fornari, Michel ^e   Vasiliev, Iuliana ^f   Krijgsman, Wout ^f   Nahapetyan, Samuel ^g   Gabrielyan, Ivan ^h   Ollivier, Vincent ^i,j   Roiron, Paul ^k   Chataigner, Christine ^l  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Université Bourgogne Franche Comté   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Armenia)

^h INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Armenia)

ⁱ AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^j AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^k INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^l University Lumière Lyon 2   (France)

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Author keywords

Caucasus paleovegetation; climate; Early Pleistocene; magnetostratigraphy; Western Asia

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LAKES; VEGETATION;

CAUCASUS; CLIMATE; EARLY PLEISTOCENE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; WESTERN ASIA;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIATOMITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MATUYAMA CHRON; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; VEGETATION COVER; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ARMENIA; CAUCASUS;

EID: 76149134318     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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